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WBB: Stanford 77 Washington 56 - 81alum - 01-04-2020
Preview:
Washington is 10-3, with two of the losses being nail-biters down to the last shot. Probably its best win was over Iowa in the Puerto Rico Classic, and last night their star Amber Melgoza scored 31 to help them beat Cal 67-64—it had been more than a decade since Washington won at Cal. Massey has them at 57—so a notch above WSU and not that far below Ohio State.
Everything with Washington starts and ends with Amber Melgoza, the senior 5’10” guard who was unleashed when Plum graduated. She is a slashing guard who craftily takes it to the basket, and like Plum she winds up getting free throws. The three point shot is not normally her forte--she is a 29% three point shooter-- but at Cal she was 4/6. Washington has other good three point shooters, such as Missy Peterson, a 5’11” junior guard who is shooting 39% from range and who leads the team in assists.
Beyond Melgoza and Peterson, Washington uses 9 other players in double digit minutes—they seem to be like us in the depth of their rotation. For example, their second leading scorer is Haley Van Dyke, a 6’1” sophomore forward who doesn’t start, and they have 8 players who are averaging 5 points a game or more. Washington seems to be more capable of scoring from multiple positions than did WSU.
Overview:
Kiana Williams decisively broke out of her slump in the second half, and Hannah Jump bombed the weird Washington zone, and we broke open a game that was tied at the half to win comfortably.
Flow of the Game:
We started well, riding some forced turnovers to take a 9-0 lead--and almost more importantly Williams took and made a trey at the very beginning of the game--and rode the confidence the rest of the way. But our own turnovers gave Washington a 9-2 run, and the rest of the first half continued along those lines. Halfway through the 2nd quarter Washington took a two point lead, and we wound up battling to a 32-32 tie at the half. What went wrong in the first half? We had 11 turnovers, we did not guard their 6'4" center Darcy Rees when she was on the perimeter and she sank 3 treys, and our own offense missed a number of layups.
The second half was a different story. We kept up reasonable pressure on Melgoza, we game out to the perimeter to defend Rees there, and Hannah Jump and Kiana Williams began to score. Lexie and Lacey (who was back) also hit some treys, and Kiana found ways to assist and also to cut to the basket. The tie was broken and five minutes in we were up six, by the end of the quarter we were up 10, and midway through the 4th we were up 23, 5 subs came in, and we coasted to the win. At one point as our lead built, I looked at the scoreboard and saw we were hitting 67% of our threes. That did not continue, but by then the game was decided.
Performances:
Williams gets the game ball tonight. She had 20 points on 8/12 shooting, 2/4 from three, and also broke out of her assist slump with a whopping 9. She did get her old "mojo" back, and seemed almost to be skipping to the basket, breaking the press, slashing to the basket.
Jump scored 17 and made 5/8 from long range. She also showed that she could go around a perimeter defender for an open mid-range jumper--a move that I don't remember Karlie making until late in her career.
Jones had 11 points but they were not as efficient as usual for her--she shot 5/13 and missed some that were in close. She was more effective on defense, with 3 blocks.
Lexie was once again our rebounding machine, with 11 rebounds to go with her 9 points.
Fingall was quite good, and brought the crowd to its feet a couple of time with her excellent defense. She scored on 6 points but also contribute 8 rebounds and a block.
Lacey came into the game for a mere 6 minutes, the first time back since her ankle sprain, and promptly hit 2 treys. Anna Wilson played for 9 minutes and was noteworthy on the defensive end.
Conclusion:
We need to play as well as we did in the second half for a full game--or we won't get past the other elite teams in our conference. A tie game at the half was concerning and showed that our offense is not yet a well oiled machine. We have two games against Cal to get it figured out before coming up against the Oregon schools. Can we? I won't discount Tara, but Oregon is steamrollering good teams right now, and we are not.
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. Washington Sunday 2pm - BobK - 01-04-2020
Thank you 81. A couple of notes:
BamBerger’s dad played at St Mary’s and she played travel with Jones Jump and Brink
Van Dyke is one of the top scorers in Nor cal HS history
Rooks dad was a star at Arizona and brother played at cal
Gigi Garcia is not able to play again and has missed all 4 years. Very sad. She was an outstanding HS player
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. Washington Sunday 2pm - 81alum - 01-04-2020
(01-04-2020, 05:02 PM)BobK Wrote: Thank you 81. A couple of notes:I should have known you would have the inside scoop on the Washington players! 9 of 14 of the them are from California! As is, of course, head coach Wynn. While WSU looks like an international team, Washington looks like a fifth California team.
BamBerger’s dad played at St Mary’s and she played travel with Jones Jump and Brink
Van Dyke is one of the top scorers in Nor cal HS history
Rooks dad was a star at Arizona and brother played at cal
Gigi Garcia is not able to play again and has missed all 4 years. Very sad. She was an outstanding HS player
What happened to Gigi Garcia? The Washington bio just says she was unable to play due to injury in every single year. All the same injury or a long run of bad luck?
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. Washington Sunday 2pm - BobK - 01-04-2020
Pretty sure knee for Garcia . That’s what happened late HS. But over and over I don’t know.
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. Washington Sunday 2pm - BobK - 01-05-2020
A big question today will be how much zone will Washington play and how will we do against it
They played zone quite a bit I understand Friday at cal
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. Washington Sunday 2pm - 81alum - 01-05-2020
Missy. Ugh.
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. Washington Sunday 2pm - mbdude - 01-05-2020
7 to's 1st qtr. Another ugh!
And only 2 pts in 5 minutes
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. Washington Sunday 2pm - JJJ - 01-05-2020
We need to win half a game.
Let’s do this!
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. Washington Sunday 2pm - qwerty49 - 01-05-2020
Jump! Yes!
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. Washington Sunday 2pm - M T - 01-05-2020
HA great game for the 3s: 62% currently.
#33 14
#23. 18
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. Washington Sunday 2pm - martyup - 01-05-2020
Welcome back Williams' mojo.
77 to 51 and the subs come in. Great second half!
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. Washington Sunday 2pm - TheFarm07 - 01-05-2020
I wish we can string together four of the fourth quarters we had in a game. The way we played in the first seven minutes of the fourth quarter (before we emptied the bench) is the way we need to play when facing the Oregon schools and will give us plenty of comfortable wins against lesser competition. It gives me hope that we can get a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament and compete for a national title this year.
The way we played in the first half is why we lost to Texas and nearly lost to Cal Baptist. Silly turnovers, missed easy shots. It makes me want to pull my hair out and is the reason why we could drop to a lower seed and lose again to a team we should beat.
I sure would like some consistency with this team.
Kiana played like an All-American in the second half, I really hope she can bottle that up and keep it with her for the rest of the season. When the play breaks down and time is running out, if Kiana can make something out of nothing, it would give us some much needed clutch points in key situations and critical games.
Hannah was great as usual from long range, but I am also encouraged that she made some mid-range jumpers as well. If she can diversify her offensive game to beyond hitting the three, she can become that much more dangerous. Defenders can't just sell out on the three when guarding her and if you give her an inch, she will make you pay.
Haley has shown that she has the talent to compete at the highest levels, but also has shown that she still is a freshman with some of the questionable decision-making, such as errant passes to no one or attempting an off balance shot when she has the opportunity for something else.
I am somewhat baffled why we haven't seen more of Prechtel in long stretches. She'll make an appearance or two for a couple minutes to relive someone else, but we haven't seen her getting any significant lengths of time on the floor lately. She has shown that she can score from both inside and having a nice jump shot, but maybe Tara is concerned about her defense?
Great to see Lacie back and making the most of it, hitting some 3's and adding another player to include in the rotation for matchups and fresh legs. If we can get DiJonai back sooner than later, I am excited about Kiana and DiJonai leading this team again. Everyone on the team has made great contributions, but I feel like Kiana and DiJonai are the two options you go to in crunch time to facilitate the offense, they can make the jumper, but can also drive, but they also make the right decision.
RE: WBB: Stanford 77 Washington 56 - CompSci87 - 01-05-2020
In the chalk talk, Kate said that which players get a lot of time depends on the opponent. She said Prechtel would probably not play a lot today because Washington runs a guard heavy 5-out offense where everyone can shoot the 3, even their center. So they weren't a good defensive matchup for her. In other games with tall post players, she'll play a lot.
We're seen this throughout the season so far.
RE: WBB: Stanford 77 Washington 56 - 81alum - 01-05-2020
Write up done at the top.
A nice second half.
RE: WBB: Stanford 77 Washington 56 - CompSci87 - 01-05-2020
Vaguely apropos of Stanford WBB: I happened to watch some of the Warriors pregame show the other day and spotted a familiar face as one of the commentators: Jennifer Azzi. I don't know if she was a special guest only or if she's going into broadcasting as a regular gig.
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. Washington Sunday 2pm - 81alum - 01-05-2020
(01-05-2020, 05:12 PM)TheFarm07 Wrote: I wish we can string together four of the fourth quarters we had in a game. The way we played in the first seven minutes of the fourth quarter (before we emptied the bench) is the way we need to play when facing the Oregon schools and will give us plenty of comfortable wins against lesser competition. It gives me hope that we can get a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament and compete for a national title this year.Pretty much agree with your analysis, but as CompSci87 said, the coaches are using Prechtel situationally. I thought she would be more effective on offense than Belibi in this game--Belibi repeatedly was stymied by the Washington 6'4" center--but I think it was defense they were concerned about. Prectel seems like a good rebounder to me--she had 3 of them in only 5 minutes of time. But in those five minutes she was supposed to defend the Washington center who shot 3/5 treys, and she was very late coming out to the perimeter to defend her--basically she gave up open shots. Maybe that was the scheme and not her fault, but it looked plenty ugly and is largely the reason Washington got its brief lead in the 2nd quarter.
The way we played in the first half is why we lost to Texas and nearly lost to Cal Baptist. Silly turnovers, missed easy shots. It makes me want to pull my hair out and is the reason why we could drop to a lower seed and lose again to a team we should beat.
I sure would like some consistency with this team.
Kiana played like an All-American in the second half, I really hope she can bottle that up and keep it with her for the rest of the season. When the play breaks down and time is running out, if Kiana can make something out of nothing, it would give us some much needed clutch points in key situations and critical games.
Hannah was great as usual from long range, but I am also encouraged that she made some mid-range jumpers as well. If she can diversify her offensive game to beyond hitting the three, she can become that much more dangerous. Defenders can't just sell out on the three when guarding her and if you give her an inch, she will make you pay.
Haley has shown that she has the talent to compete at the highest levels, but also has shown that she still is a freshman with some of the questionable decision-making, such as errant passes to no one or attempting an off balance shot when she has the opportunity for something else.
I am somewhat baffled why we haven't seen more of Prechtel in long stretches. She'll make an appearance or two for a couple minutes to relive someone else, but we haven't seen her getting any significant lengths of time on the floor lately. She has shown that she can score from both inside and having a nice jump shot, but maybe Tara is concerned about her defense?
Great to see Lacie back and making the most of it, hitting some 3's and adding another player to include in the rotation for matchups and fresh legs. If we can get DiJonai back sooner than later, I am excited about Kiana and DiJonai leading this team again. Everyone on the team has made great contributions, but I feel like Kiana and DiJonai are the two options you go to in crunch time to facilitate the offense, they can make the jumper, but can also drive, but they also make the right decision.
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. Washington Sunday 2pm - BosCard - 01-05-2020
Jump played 26 mins this game. I expect she will see a lot of playing time against teams that like to zone or clog the lane to dare mid/long range shots. Last year we struggled to score against zone offenses. This year we have Jump, a one-woman zone buster. To be fair, Williams shredded Washington's zone in the second half all by herself.
With her 3-point shooting today, Jump is back up to 48% for the season which should put her 3-pt FG% in the top 10 of all players in the NCAA.
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. Washington Sunday 2pm - TheFarm07 - 01-05-2020
(01-05-2020, 05:58 PM)81alum Wrote:(01-05-2020, 05:12 PM)TheFarm07 Wrote: I wish we can string together four of the fourth quarters we had in a game. The way we played in the first seven minutes of the fourth quarter (before we emptied the bench) is the way we need to play when facing the Oregon schools and will give us plenty of comfortable wins against lesser competition. It gives me hope that we can get a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament and compete for a national title this year.Pretty much agree with your analysis, but as CompSci87 said, the coaches are using Prechtel situationally. I thought she would be more effective on offense than Belibi in this game--Belibi repeatedly was stymied by the Washington 6'4" center--but I think it was defense they were concerned about. Prectel seems like a good rebounder to me--she had 3 of them in only 5 minutes of time. But in those five minutes she was supposed to defend the Washington center who shot 3/5 treys, and she was very late coming out to the perimeter to defend her--basically she gave up open shots. Maybe that was the scheme and not her fault, but it looked plenty ugly and is largely the reason Washington got its brief lead in the 2nd quarter.
The way we played in the first half is why we lost to Texas and nearly lost to Cal Baptist. Silly turnovers, missed easy shots. It makes me want to pull my hair out and is the reason why we could drop to a lower seed and lose again to a team we should beat.
I sure would like some consistency with this team.
Kiana played like an All-American in the second half, I really hope she can bottle that up and keep it with her for the rest of the season. When the play breaks down and time is running out, if Kiana can make something out of nothing, it would give us some much needed clutch points in key situations and critical games.
Hannah was great as usual from long range, but I am also encouraged that she made some mid-range jumpers as well. If she can diversify her offensive game to beyond hitting the three, she can become that much more dangerous. Defenders can't just sell out on the three when guarding her and if you give her an inch, she will make you pay.
Haley has shown that she has the talent to compete at the highest levels, but also has shown that she still is a freshman with some of the questionable decision-making, such as errant passes to no one or attempting an off balance shot when she has the opportunity for something else.
I am somewhat baffled why we haven't seen more of Prechtel in long stretches. She'll make an appearance or two for a couple minutes to relive someone else, but we haven't seen her getting any significant lengths of time on the floor lately. She has shown that she can score from both inside and having a nice jump shot, but maybe Tara is concerned about her defense?
Great to see Lacie back and making the most of it, hitting some 3's and adding another player to include in the rotation for matchups and fresh legs. If we can get DiJonai back sooner than later, I am excited about Kiana and DiJonai leading this team again. Everyone on the team has made great contributions, but I feel like Kiana and DiJonai are the two options you go to in crunch time to facilitate the offense, they can make the jumper, but can also drive, but they also make the right decision.
I see, thanks to you and CompSci87 on the reasoning behind Prechtel's limited minutes.
If I may digress from this season for a bit, briefly looking ahead to next year, on paper, it looks like Cameron Brink has a similar game/position to Prechtel and as the #3 recruit in the country, you would tend to believe that she would be prepared from Day 1 to play minutes. It will be interesting to see if Prechtel's defense can develop over the rest of the season and over the summer. If Tara is hesitant to use her too much because of her defensive shortcomings and Brink can show that she can provide offense and defense early in her collegiate career then Prechtel might not be seeing too much playing time.
Anyway, it's a consideration/topic for the offseason as we still have the rest of this season coming up.
But re: Belibi's blocked shots. I think one of the options we lack on our roster right now is a back-to-the-basket post player that can match up one-on-one. Belibi potentially has the talent and hops to develop those moves, but as we saw today, she still has a long ways to go.
Washington State breezed past Cal 96-75 today in Berkeley. The Bears could not stop Hristova or Molina. They were a combined 22/32 for 54 points.
I hope Cal has similar trouble next weekend defending our players.
The Bears did have one stat they dominated despite the lopsided loss: 17 offensive rebounds compared to just 3 for the Cougars. We better limit their second chance opportunities.
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. Washington Sunday 2pm - M T - 01-05-2020
(01-05-2020, 07:07 PM)TheFarm07 Wrote: Washington State breezed past Cal 96-75 today in Berkeley. The Bears could not stop Hristova or Molina. They were a combined 22/32 for 54 points.
After going 19/32 for 48 points against Stanford.
RE: WBB: Stanford vs. Washington Sunday 2pm - qwerty49 - 01-05-2020
(01-05-2020, 07:07 PM)TheFarm07 Wrote: The Bears did have one stat they dominated despite the lopsided loss: 17 offensive rebounds compared to just 3 for the Cougars. We better limit their second chance opportunities.
That's one area of potential concern. While the game was still relatively close, Washington had more offensive rebounds that we did. There was one stretch where they got several 2nd and 3rd chances. However during that dominating 4th Q, we evened that up a bit and they only ended up with an 11-10 edge in o-rebs. Nadia was just a tiger under the boards in the 2nd half!
At one point before the subs came in the announcers noted we were on a 20-4 run. That was awesome, and shows what we can do when we are in a defense/transition game.